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Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori.  Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads.  Lining is orange and white silk.  There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
1930s
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.355
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